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China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus
BEIJING - Health authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are reporting the first death from a new type of coronavirus. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission reported Saturday that seven other...
Jan 10, 2020
Sultan Qaboos bin Said, who modernized Oman, dies at 79
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the Mideast's longest-ruling monarch who seized power in a 1970 palace coup and pulled his Arabian sultanate into modernity while carefully...
Jan 10, 2020
Council whittles tax hike down, reduces capital contribution by half
Red Deer city council made a big decision on Friday during Operating Budget talks by cutting this year's contribution to capital projects in half.The reduction amounts to $682,000, and half a percenta...
Jan 10, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Ambulances getting bottlenecked as Red Deer Hospital expansion wait persists
Red Deer's Chief of Emergency Services says there are major problems with how ambulances are able to function within the city. Asked what he would request from the province to alleviate the problem th...
Jan 10, 2020 (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Fine revenue loss stings, but won't hurt RCMP service delivery
The City of Red Deer's Protective Services division is getting everything it requested for 2020, with the exception of a cash grab by the province.This year, the City and Red Deer RCMP will be out an ...
Jan 10, 2020 Red Deer RCMP Superintendent Gerald Grobmeier. (rdnewsNOW file photo)
Taiwan votes with future of its democracy on the line
TAIPEI, Taiwan - The future of Taiwan's democracy is on the line as the self-ruled island's 19 million voters decide on whether to give independence-leaning President Tsai Ing-wen a second term. Votin...
Jan 10, 2020
Newlyweds, professors, students among Edmonton victims of plane crash in Iran
EDMONTON - Amir Samani never got a chance to personally congratulate his two friends on their wedding in Iran and he can't believe that he never will. Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji were ...
Jan 10, 2020
Boeing papers show employees slid 737 Max problems past FAA
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill lashed out at Boeing on Friday after the release of a batch of emails and text messages in which company employees questioned the safety of the now-grounded 737 Max, called t...
Jan 10, 2020
UN authorizes cross-border aid to Syria only from Turkey
CAMEROON, Cameroon - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Friday limiting the delivery of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria to just two crossing points from Turkey to the mainly rebel-...
Jan 10, 2020
CMHA to unveil new supportive living units next week
Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Central Alberta is set to host the Grand Opening of their new assisted living facility on the edge of downtown Red Deer.On Jan. 17 at 2:00 p.m., officials wil...
Jan 10, 2020 Renderings of the recently remodeled Econo Lodge Inn & Suites in downtown Red Deer. The building is now called Amethyst House and serves as an assisted-living facility run by Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Central Alberta.